The 2018

Úrvalsdeild The Besta deild karla () is a professional association football league in Iceland and the highest level of the Icelandic football league system. The competition was founded in 1912 as the Icelandic Championship. Because of the harsh winters in I ...

karla, also known as ''Pepsi-deild karla'' for sponsorship reasons, was the 107th season of top-flight Icelandic football. Twelve teams contested the league, including the defending champions Valur, who won their 21st league title in

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. The season began on 27 April 2018 and concluded on 29 September 2018.

Teams

The 2018 Úrvalsdeild was contested by twelve teams, ten of which played in the division the previous year and two teams promoted from 1. deild karla. The bottom two teams from the previous season, Víkingur Ó. and ÍA, were relegated to the 2018 1. deild karla and were replaced by

Fylkir Íþróttafélagið Fylkir (, ) is a multi-sport club in Árbær, in the eastern part of Reykjavík, the capital of Iceland. It features departments in football, handball, volleyball, gymnastics and karate. Kit The Fylkir official home kit is ...

and

Keflavík Keflavík (pronounced , meaning ''Driftwood Bay'') is a town in the Reykjanes region in southwest Iceland. It is included in the municipality of Reykjanesbær whose population as of 2016 is 15,129. In 1995, Keflavík merged with nearby Njar ...

, champions and runners-up of the 2017 1. deild karla respectively.

Club information

Source

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

League table

Positions by round

Results

Each team will play home and away once against every other team for a total of 22 games each.

Top goalscorers

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:2018 Urvalsdeild Úrvalsdeild karla (football) seasons 1

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